cron job question (for checking kernel updates)

[Joe Zeff]

On 10/02/2013 08:10 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> I also have a cron job which checks for kernel updates every hour and
> sends me a message if an updated kernel has been installed.

Why?  If you only update the machine once a day, checking for a new 
kernel 24 times per day is redundant.  Either add it to the script 
running yum, or have it run once a day, an hour after the update.